One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
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06 March 2021
From: Features

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The buying and property management service run by high profile agent Jo Eccles has changed its name. SP Property Group has now...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A highly-experienced former Savills agent has launched his own buying agency focusing on the prime country market in Surrey. The new company,...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A buying agency targeting what it calls the “prime and super-prime” London market is offering clients not only a sourcing service, but also...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency is warning sellers and buyers not to jump the gun and abandon London in the belief that...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have spoken out angrily against any uncertainty in the market caused by government leaks about future stamp duty changes. In recent...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

You know the old saying - a dog is an agent’s best friend? Well that’s clearly true for this trio of agencies...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new buying agency has launched, aimed at well-heeled purchasers and sellers. Called Xander Prime it says it is “acting on behalf...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Prospective property buyers have been provided with several reasons why they should stop delaying purchasing decisions due to Brexit uncertainty. Buying agency...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A former sales agent with a historic property name and heritage has launched his own buying agency after becoming 'frustrated' with...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new Property Jobs Today column, bringing you the industry’s...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most respected agents has advised the agency industry to treat Boris Johnson’s pledges with real caution. Black Brick buying...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello - it’s that time of the week again when we celebrate the agency industry’s fantastic fund-raising. We were delighted that our...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A design and renovation business has set up a property sourcing business which will find homes requiring renovation. What’s more, it claims...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A house in Mayfair that was sold for £19.175m in 2014 and put on the market this year at £25m has...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A London buying agent has called for a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, suggesting that it would give more certainty...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to a new working week, which means your chance to catch up on the key moves in our...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

“Do we really need another tax?” - that’s the question from a new buying agency, querying why the government wants to...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A buying agency says it has secured a prime London property for one of its clients at almost 40 per cent...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The former head of Humberts’ country house department, who has spent 30 years selling homes, has switched to buying. Jeremy Campbell-Harris was...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Data from the buying agency Black Brick reveals just how big an impact has been made by the additional homes stamp...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency is warning about asking prices that are higher than those acceptable to mortgage companies who therefore down-value...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Wary buyers reluctant to risk buying a premium-priced property in the volatile prime central London market are adopting a perhaps-surprising tactic...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - and just because it’s half term, don’t think the industry has...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

London-focussed Buying agency Black Brick has launched a specialist service to cater for divorcing couples. The company - increasingly regarded by some...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency says the Brexit transition deal will help central London’s fragile sales market. Caspar Harvard-Walls, a partner in the...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

As the Easter sales weekend kicks off, the head of a prominent buying agency says estate agents confuse the true valuation...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

TV property expert Phil Spencer is launching an online advice service for buyers and tenants, including offering guidance on the specific...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

High-profile buying agency Black Brick has highlighted the scale of reductions now being made by sellers of some trophy properties in...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The well-respected buying agency Black Brick has revealed the scale of discounts it secures on prime properties being sold for different...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Respected buying agency Black Brick says there is evidence that prices in prime central London may be stabilising and transactions volumes...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Regional property portal MoviNorth says it plans to secure additional investment to expand its coverage by the end of 2017. The portal...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Black Brick says its turnover in 2016 tripled to £3m with new business so far this year focussing increasingly on owner-occupier...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Every week we remain in awe of the charity fund-raising undertaken by our industry - and often forgotten by those who...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The buying agency Black Brick says 38 per cent of its transactions the first half of the year were off market...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...
14 July 2017
From: Features

The aftermath of Easter and shock announcement of a snap General Election have done little to stop the industry making plenty...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Property Vision, one of the country’s oldest and most respected buying agencies, has added its voice to those saying that stamp...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading buying agency says there might be at least one upside to having The Donald in the White House -...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Another agency says price reductions of 10 per cent or more are often found in some prime central London areas such...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...
12 November 2016
From: Features

Estate agents and market analysts have spent 24 hours expressing their nervousness over the repercussions of Donald Trump's victory in the...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An agency that has opened a new office in the controversial Nine Elms area of London has published research claiming that...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Stacks Property Search & Acquisition has become the first independent buying agency to become a member of the Royal Institute of...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Housebuilder St Modwen has been forced to write down the value of the landmark Nine Elms regeneration scheme because “recent transactional...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading London buying agency is warning that some areas of prime central London could face a downturn following the Brexit...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...
24 June 2016
From: Features

One of the country’s leading high-end buying agencies says it has ‘mystery shopped’ Purplebricks - with mixed results. For while it found its...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty increases introduced in late 2014 are still having an impact on prime areas of London and have heralded...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A newspaper article claims that Rightmove and Zoopla are “awash” with what it calls “the unofficial resales of flats in developments...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...
24 December 2015
From: Features

Two of London’s highest profile buying agency operations have announced new team members. Prime Purchase - the buying arm of Savills -...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The recent changes in stamp duty means some investors in high value locations like London are splitting their purchases to reduce...
10 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Within 12 hours of Greece defaulting on repayment of part of a loan to the International Monetary Fund, a prime central...
02 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Jonathan Hopper, the managing director of Garrington Property Finders - the search agency originally founded by Phil Spencer - has joined...
30 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Stacks Property Search, one of Britain’s largest buying agencies, has entered the debates over portals and the use of DIY house...